
Walter Murch and Lawrence Weschler
Triple-Oscar winner Walter Murch discusses his new book Suddenly Something Clicked: The Languages of Film Editing and Sound Design, offering a masterclass on six decades of cinematic innovation. The legendary editor and sound designer behind The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and The English Patient shares personal stories of his time alongside Coppola and Lucas at Zoetrope studio and creative insights from his groundbreaking work that helped revolutionize modern cinema. Murch will be in conversation with the prolific author Lawrence Weschler, former staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and director emeritus of the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU.
Stay after the program for a book signing with Murch and Weschler (books available for purchase).
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